That is different, but cool. I don't have a leather covered pipe either. Seems that would be a good way to wrap a meer for the protection it would offer but you wouldn't get to watch the color change.
@vegasblue Serveral companys made leather clad pipes. If I am not mastaking it started with Longchamp during ww2
this maker of leather goods started making pipes for the troops and due to the not so high quality of the briar they wraped em in leather. Just a note The King Elvis Presly owned a few Longchamp pipes